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EB

ONLINE

1st ed.

College Station, Tex. : Texas A&M University Press, c2007

1 online resource (xvii, 250 p.) : ill., maps, ports

ISBN 9781603443043 (electronic bk.)

ISBN 1585446246 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781585446247 (cloth : alk. paper)

ISBN 9781603441421

Texas A & M University military history series ; no. 113

Includes index

List of illustrations -- Preface -- List of Air Force ranks and abbreviations -- Prologue -- Part 1. Afghanistan -- The challenge is clear and daunting -- Integrating the Special Forces-close air support team -- The fall of the Taliban regime -- Operation Anaconda -- Just another day in Afghanistan -- Part 2. Iraq -- A controversial invasion in a context of controversy -- "Our business now is north" -- A tale of two bridges -- Through the gap, across the bridge, and on to Baghdad -- The thunder runs -- The Scud hunt and operations in western Iraq -- The drive from the north -- Conclusion -- Appendix : people interviewed -- Glossary -- Index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries

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(CaPaEBR)ebr10697026

(MiAaPQ)EBC1180046

(OCoLC)843200951